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Chicago examiner ___^^ ~â€” â€” â€” _________ k 1 wednesday - o %-___-<___ prtce two otn"vts in Chicago elsewhere c 3 patent office ri\Â±vjÂ±j iitu jiimo andsuborbb three cent vol xv no 299 a m ** * wednesday Chicago decembee 5 1917 russ army chief is lynched by rebels bolsheviki commander depre cates throwing of general dukhonin from moving train kaiser signs 48-hour truce copenhagen dec 4 â€” a re port is in circulation here that the united states and japan have agreed on joint action toward the bolsheviki government in russia petrograd dec 4 ensign kry lenko commander of the bol sheviki army to-day issued this statement to-day i entered into mohilev at the head of the revolutionary troops the headquarters was en tirely surrounded without fighting the last obstacle to the cause of peace has fallen i cannot be silent on the sad act of lynch law practiced upon the former highest commander in chief general dukhonin popular hatred surpassed the limits of reason and in spite of all attempts to save him he was thrown out of a railroad train at the mohilev station and killed the night of general or niloff the day before the fall of headquarters was the cause of this excess i cannot allow the banner of the revolution to be stained and it is necessary strongly to condemn such acts a revolutionary people are fearful in a struggle but they must be soft after victory kaiser signs 48-hour armistice bolsheviki officials have succeeded jn extorting from the custodians the keys to the national bank in the vaults of the moscow bank alone was 300,000,000 this is already in the hands of the lenine administration and the remainder of the gold reserve deposited in banks in country towns will undoubtedly fall into the hands ef the bolsheviki at once an armistice for forty-eight hours between germany and russia has been signed at the headquarters of prince leopold of bavaria the union of russian railway workers has been informed by the soviet that the allies are considering 6 suggestion to allow russia to ne gotiate a separate peace i colonel judson to-day notified the jjenine government that the amer ican embassy will not participate in trmistice proposals or peace pour parlers trotsky affects to see in the re cent note of folonel judson an at tempt of the united states to win the favor of the bolsheviki trotsky pretends to see u s advances trotsky in maxim gorky's newspa ahr the novaia zhizn says the pro bo lion of friendly relations with russia would be for the united states * a soyendid measure meeting the comp'-tiv^on of german and especially british capitalists after the war " he addevd for thevfirst time since the rev bulgaria and turkey join truce parley london dec 4 the follow ing statement was issued from berlin to-night a russian deputation for the conclusion of an armistice was welcomed yesterday afternoon by the commander in chief of the east prince leopold of ba varia in a short speech nego tiations regarding the conclu sion of an armistice thereupon were begun in which under the championship of chief of general staff hoffman the rep resentative of the german land and sea fighting forces and the plenipotentiaries of the admin istrations of bulgaria austria hungary and turkey are par ticipating teutons aiming blowat verona weak spot in italian line sought by invaders for su preme thrust with the italian armies dec 4 â€” the austro-german command is preparing a supreme blow at italy with the invasion of the plain between vicenza and verona as its objective for this purpose new offensives are expected to be undertaken in valle karina valdastico and asiago in an effort to break through the italian front with the view of finding a weak spot at which to concentrate an at tack german artillery is making demonstrations along the piave and the northern italian line these dem onstrations are followed by infantry charges extensive troop movements behind the teuton front are observed on the asiago plateau and between the brenta and the piave especially large forces have recently been in motion try to bridge piave the teutons persist in attempting to bridge the piave despite the fact their structures are shot away by the italians as rapidly as erected eleven have been constructed an especial effort is made to lay a bridge to grave de papadopoli an island in midstream of the middle piave this pressure is directed at the eastern river line the northern mountain line ls men aced by troop movements on the upper piave w-here the river passes lead between monte monfenera and mon tello to the venetian plain italians confident on the lower piave bridging at tempts are in progress but are quick ly disposed of as these lead to the inundated triangle little concern would be felt even though they were successful â€¢ porkless instead of meatless days asked substitution of porkless for meat less days was advocated yesterday by live stock men from nine states meet ing in the stock exchange building they asked joseph p cotton head of the food administration meat division to convey their request to mr hoov er they showed cattle have dropped 2 a hundredweight since meatless days were begun van rensselaer boys join a aviation corps jerry and prank van rensselaer nephews of mrs e h harriman and sons of jerry van rensselaer super intendent of the pacific fruit ex press in omaha have enlisted in the air service of the army jerry left Chicago last night for fort omaha frank was appointed in the quarter master's division both are married and have children new smash at haig line hurled back new cambrai line holds despite terrible onslaughts germans re-enforced from russia american engineers fighting ; with british are shot down berlin claims 500 prisoners ' with the british army in france dec 4 â€” for the second time in four days the british have frustrated an attempt of the germans o break through their lines near cam brai at any cost the crisis of yes j terday has been successfully passed field marshal von hindenburg has concentrated on this front great masses of troops and an unusually large number of guns in an apparent effort to duplicate here the recent victories in italy troops from russia troops from the russian lines as well as from other points in the west have been brought here to aid in deal ing this blow at field marshal haig the extreme gain to the germans in payment for their terrible losses is that at la vacquerie they fought their way through the town and pene trated a few hundred yards into brit ish territory the germans now hold a narrow strip of ground extending north and south of la vacquerie but the brit ish are in possession of the high ground commanding the village the germans penetrated the brit ish line near masnieres biit were driven bade field marshal haig has pulled back his line west and southwest of mas nieres to strengthen it the line still includes marcoing and is near the western part of marcoing copse a triangular piece of territory of small dimensions has thus been given up generalship to win the germans at la vacquerie charged in dense masses without cover and rank after rank was shot to pieces by the british fire as fast as one mass was disposed of however another appeared in its place the new open fighting on both sides seems likely to bring into para mount importance the question of generalship which now more than ever will decide the issue this new line has not been changed since last night americans in new battle american troops are taking part in the new fighting they are the same engineers who on saturday and sunday battled shoulder to shoulder with the british after being caught in the german surprise assault they arc again temporarily in the british ranks a number of americans have been shot down a dispatch from berlin says the germans officially announce the cap ture of la vacquerie southwest of cambrai and the capture of 500 pris oners british attacks on the flanders front have been made coincident wilh the battling by general byng's troops southeast of ypres tho ger man line was pushed back near the polygon wood u s will observe swiss neutrality geneva dec 4 â€” announcement has been made that the united states will soon issue a formal ffieial statement to swiss officials pledging respect of swiss neutrality a most favorable impression among bwlss political and military circles has been produced particularly as the action is voluntary on the part of the united states the allies 4 have made such . a pledge women and children on rafts shelled 120 are rescued when apapa | a british steamship of 5,704 tons is torpedoed crew lost report to admiralty declares ger man's fired on lifeboats new zealand line owned ship london dec 4 â€” eighty passen gers ind the crew were killed when a german submarine sank the 5,704-ton british steamship apapa according to dispatches received at the admi ralty to-night the u-boat turned its guns on the j women and children in the lifeboats and on the life rafts is the report one hundred and twenty persons were re_cued the vessel belonged to the union steamship company of new zealand and was commanded by captain j c hannoy the norwegian legation reports that thirteen norwegian steamers of 1 gross tonnage of 19,092 were lost in november by causes arising from the war forty-one norwegian lives were lost through the same causes plan allied naval council paris dec 4 â€” a supreme inter allied naval committee was formed as the result of the paris conference it was announced by the foreign office to-day this is expected to expedite the war on the u-boats the text of the statement is as follows the minister of foreign affairs reported to the cabinet council to day the result of the conference of the allies the reading of com munications from the presidents of each section of the allied con ference at which were present for the first time representatives of all the countries taking part with us in this war has given felicitous results from every point of view they give assurance of practical unity of action economically financially and militarily understanding complete the agreements have been con cluded upon the basis of a com plete understanding and close soli darity among the allies for the so lution of the questions in which they have a common interest the financial needs of each of them the requirements of their armament their transport their food have been the subjects of pro found study which guarantees per fect satisfaction the creation of a supreme inter allied naval committee has been de termined upon military unity of action has been placed upon the course of certain realization by the inter-allied gen eral staff which is at work upon an established program of all mili tary action france establishes a bread ration paris dec 4 france has offi cially fixed a bread ration men at hard manual labor are given 600 grams about one and one-third pounds daily and women 500 grams men doing light work get 400 grams and women 300 all others both men and women get 200 grams less than half a pound u.s weather forecast | Chicago and vicinity fair and colder wednesday thursday unsettled moderate northwest winds wednesday shifting to northeast by wednesday night temperature . for twenty-four hours ending at 3 a m highest 41 lowest 30 mean 36 normal temperature for the day 88 sunrise to-day 7:03 sunsot 4:19 comclet govÂ«r_ment kvport on page it house mission pays a visit to pershing camp by newton c paeke staff correspondent of the inter national _*Â«;Â»â€¢_ service somewhere in france dec 4 â€” the american mis sion visited american field head quarters to-day they viewed extensive regi mental maneuvers in which amer ican artillery and american air planes participated colonel house said i will tell president wilson that i am greatly impressed by the enthusiasm of the men and highly pleased with the work i hope that our boys realize that the future of america for centuries depends upon them lord northcliffe accompanied the mission christmas mail for general per shing's troops began to arrive in the war zone to-day at one town a thousand sacks were received 1,200 000 new enemy aliens war on austria will render all her subjects in u s sub ject to restrictions washington dec 4 â€” attorney general gregory announced to-day he has recommended an amendment to the alien enemy act to include wom en over fourteen years of age within its provisions enforcement of the act has been seriously hindered by the exemption of women 1 30 ooo austrian here department of justice officials con sulted by president wilson in the preparation of his message to con gress estimated to-day a declaration of war on austria will increase the number of alien enemies in the united states by 1,200,000 including the germans subject to the alien enemy regulations the total will be approx imately 1.800.000 if congress following the presi dent's recommendation amends the 100-year-old statutory definition of alien enemies to include women ap proximately 3,500,000 subjects of the central empires residing in the united states will come under the alien en emy regulations hungarians croatians slovaks and czechs it was indicated at the state department to-day may be exempted from classification as alien enemies because of their hostility to the aus trian government hundreds of thou sands of these people are employed ln the coal iron steel and other war industries wilson to control the classification of these friendly alien enemies who are technically subjects of austria will be put up to congress the department of state and justice will co-operate in shaping the forthcoming laws argentine ruler out to u s envoy buenos aires dec 4 a per sistent report was circulated in diplo matic circles here that united states ambassador stimson last week solic ited an audience with president iro goyen but was not received by the argentine executive the envoy's al leged request was made it is said on his prerogative as an ambassador ac credited to the argentine govern ment congress takesnew war step thursday house resolution declaring aus tria enemy coming up to morrow senate to take sim ilar action on friday washington dec 4 both branches of congress to-day responded with instant action to the president's recommendation in his message for a declaration of war against austria within a few hours senator martin majority leader in the senate de clared that body would be ready to consider a war resolution against austria friday when the senate re convenes and chairman flood of the house foreign affairs committee announced he would introduce to morrow a similar resolution which could probably be got through his committee ready for consideration by thursday afternoon both committees are unit for action both committees according to opin ions expressed to-day are probably unanimous for a declaration against austria but some reluctance is ex pressed toward including turkey and bulgaria until the members decide among themselves what was the president's reason for not making a sweeping declaration against all of germany's allies the president's distinction be tween austria and the other allies of germany was construed as follows in high quarters to-night austria in the practical consid erations of the war mentioned by the president has stood in the path of the united states turkey and bulgaria have not up to the present president wilson will await some out standing overt act by turkey or bulgaria before asking for a declara tion against them austria's affronts to u s reviewed austria has committed such acts even in neutral days under the tutel age of germany she did everything that would redound to her diplomatic and national discredit she lent her citizens to carrying on the propagan da of germans her ambassador dr constantin dumba was expelled from the united states because he was seeking to foment strikes in munitions factories other officials and consuls in parts of the country took part in the ger man propaganda against this coun try even after the declaration of war austrian submarines ignoring all international rights of the seas sank american vessels just like her teacher germany did and yet the issue was avoided but now austria comes within the zone of practical considerations her armies are fighting american in italy and on the western front the united states army will now in the light of president wilson's words go where immediate and practical considerations lead it when the turkish and bulgarian armies are faced by the american units another situation may arise which will call for the third and fourth declaration of war many senators are in favor of a weeping declaration against all of germany's olllas leading points in message j i washington dec _.â€” j rr here are the vital points i in president wilson's war mes sage : i hear men debate peace who : understand neither its nature nor the way in which we may attain j it * * * they may safely be left to strut their uneasy hour and be forgotten our present and immediate task is to win the war and nothing [ shall turn us aside from it until it is accomplished those who desire to bring peace about before that purpose is achieved i counsel to carry their ] advice elsewhere we will not | entertain it â€¢ * * i very earnestly recommend that the congress immediately declare the united states in a state of war with austria-hun gary * * * turkey and bulgaria * * * are mere tools and do not yet stand in the direct path of our necessary action 11 ... this intolerable thing of which the masters of germany have shown us the ugly face this menace of combined intrigue and force * * * must be crushed ... we shall regard the war as won only when the german people say to us through properly accredited representatives that they are ready to agree on a settlement based upon justice and the repara tion of wrongs their rulers have done they have done a wrong to belgium which must be re paired ... the price for peace * * * will be full impartial justice â€” jus tice * * * to every nation that the final settlement must affect our enemies as well as our friends we do not wish in any way to impair or to rearrange the austro-hungarian empire * * * we intend no wrong against the german empire no interfer ence with her internal affairs we are in fact fighting for their emancipation * * * along with our own ... if they should still after war is over continue to live under am bitious and intriguing masters * * * it might be impossible to admit them to the partnership of nations but there would be no aggression in that and such a sit uation would * * * sooner or later cure itself autocracy must first be shown the utter futility of its claims to power or leadership in the modern world these wrongs â€¢ â€¢ * cannot be righted by the commission of similar wrongs against germany and her allies when i said * â€¢ * that the nations of the world were entitled to free pathways upon the sea * * * i was thinking and am thinking now * * * of our present enemies as well as our present associates recruiting record 2,934 enlist in day washington dec 4 regular army recruiting yesterday reached the highest point since the united states entered the world war when 2,934 recruits were accepted north dakota completing its quota with a total of 1.169 demands wahit once 01 austria wilson defines u.s aims u-boat sinks liner 80 die outdoes lansdowne in peace terms but says germany must drop kaiserism or be isolated in war to last gunshot - â– â– â– * washington dec 4.â€”presi dent wilson restated the war aims and conditions that must precede even a discussion of peace in his message to congress to day he spoke for the united states but was so calm in his confidence and constant in his statement of pur poses that his words implied an ex plicit understanding with the gov ernments of the nations associated with this country in war upon tho imperial german government justice alone to govern peace terms the message makes no direct allu sion to the secret treaty of the al lies promising territorial enrichment to italy as the price of her entering the war against germany or the statement by lord lansdowne of what he held should be proclaimed as the war aims against germany in the interest of a clear understanding - and an early peace but while the president refrains from mentioning the treaty concern ing italy he establishes a condition wherein it would be a solemn cove nant or a scrap of paper according to the justness of its appeal to the partnership of peoples not a mere partnership of governments that is to adjust conditions for the peace of the world after the war is over j says german people deceived by masters the lansdowne letter unofficial as it was is not given the official dig nity of a recognition by name in the president's message but the president goes even further than lord lans downe in his liberality in giving ger many her place among the nations of the earth at the conclusion of the war he accuses the present masters of the german people of gross and wan ton falsehood in deceiving the people into the belief that they are fighting for the very life and existence of their empire against deliberate ag gression he says we must seek by the ut most openness and candor as to our real aims to convince them of the falseness of such statements he says no one is threatening the existence or the independence or the peaceful enterprise of the german empire lord lansdowne's letter was a bombshell to england and was vigor ously denounced as weakening the allies cause and giving support and comfort to the enemy a germans isolated if jjm they spurn freedom president wilson's statement of the ' war aims of this country against ger many presumably in accord with those of the allies probably will bo hailed as a master appeal by all of the world at odds with germany course in the war the reason is that president wil , on\2d page 7th column ffl final tt ' edition ji i 1 ' ! i ii 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